Let’s see what happens if they fire upon an United States contingent. I bought the really large popcorn thingy at Costco ... so I is prepared!
The Mexican Army has an active duty force of 274,500 with 110,500 men and women of military service age (2015 est.).
Mexico has no major foreign nation-state adversaries.
So is it asleep?
We are putting UNARMED troops on the border. Same as last time. They put UNARMED troops in BP offices to free up active Border Patrol troops to ignore the situation.